Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 9 , Pages 1514-1522 , September 2009

Predicting Fitness to Drive in People With Cognitive Impairments by Using DriveSafe and DriveAware

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 This research was a partial fulfillment of the PhD requirements for Lynnete Kay at University of Sydney. This was unfunded doctoral research. Lynnette Kay was in receipt of an Australian Post-Graduate Award Scholarship during the completion of the project.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00346-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.03.011

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 9 , Pages 1514-1522 , September 2009

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